Prepare for Windows 10 Anniversary Update

August 5th, 2016 - Friday

What's new?

On August 2nd, 2016 Microsoft has released the Windows 10
Anniversary Update. One of the most important features from this
update is Project
Centennial, this support allows you to easily migrate your
Win32 applications to UWP, thus be able to publish the app in the
Windows store, without re-writing your code.

Create UWP AppX packages using Advanced Installer

AppX packages compatible with the new format supported by the
Anniversary Update can be created using our latest version.

Build AppX packages from an existing project

If you already have a project in Advanced Installer, that
generated an MSI or EXE, it is very easy to also generate an AppX
package.

Just go to Builds page in your project and add the new build
type “UWP AppX Build“. The next time you build your project it
will also generate an AppX package, besides the existing MSI/EXE
output.

VS integration is also available, if you add the
AppX build as described above and you have the same project linked
using our VS extension,
the AppX package will be built automatically.

Convert legacy applications to AppX - you're not the app
developer

You are interested to convert an app that was not developed
by you? This is possible too, using our Desktop App Converter
from the Architect edition.

Just launch Advanced Installer and from the Start Page
navigate to “Convert > Desktop App Converter” then
start the wizard. You will need the old installer of the application
to complete this wizard.

Advanced Installer will actually launch our Repackager, this
will monitor your old installation and from the captured results will
generate a new project with AppX as output. Once you've generated the
project, you can continue editing it from our GUI or directly generate
the AppX package.